Research Experience
2023-2026: “Vineyard Agroecology: Towards Preventative Management of Grapevine Downy Mildew Epidemics Based on Breaking the Sexual Cycle of the Pathogen (Plasmopara viticola),” Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE), Research Unit Santé et Agroécologie du Vignoble (SAVE).
2023: “Agriphotovoltaics: Impact on Grapevine Physiology (Vitis vinifera L. cv. Riesling),” Hochschule Geisenheim University’s VitiVoltaik Experimental Vineyard.
2021-2022: “Updating the Winkler Index,” University of California, Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology. Check out these articles from Wine Enthusiast, UC Davis, and IVES.
2021-2022: “Analyzing microCT Images of Grapevine Leaves Exposed to Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide”, University of California, Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology. Images obtained from Geisenheim University’s Free Air Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) facilities.
2015-2016: “Reconstructing the Paleocene-Eocene Patagonian Paleoclimate: Organic Proxy Data from the Ligorio Marquez Formation,” Yale University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences. Learn more from the Geological Society of America.
2014-2016: “Creating an extensive, multi-species planktonic isotope record at a middle Eocene high latitude site,” Yale University Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences. Learn more from the Geological Society of America.
Harvest Internships
2022 Harvest at Avignonesi, located in Montepulciano, Italy and a leader in biodynamic and sustainable wine production.
2020 Harvest at Paumanok and Palmer Vineyards, located in the North Fork of Long Island, New York and New York State’s Winery of the Year in 2021, 2015, and 2004.
Awards and Honors
2022-2023: Fulbright Germany Research Grant from the German-American Fulbright Commission.
2022: Elizabeth Smyth Scholarship from the Women of the Vine and Spirits Foundation.
2022: Wilson Daniels Wine Education Scholarship from the James Beard Foundation. See my featured blog post here.
2021: The Debbie Lewis Women in Wine Scholarship from the James Beard Foundation. See my featured blog post here.
2021: Wine & Spirits Education Trust Level 3 Award in Wines
2016: Pat Wilde Prize for Excellence in Marine Geology and Oceanography
2015: Alan S. Tetelman Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences
2015: Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship
2015: Karen von Damm ’77 Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Geology
2015: Bruce M. Babcock ’62 Travel Fellowship